Ana Sofia Hofmeyr
Kansai University
Ana Sofia Hofmeyr is a Lecturer at Kansai University, Japan. She is currently finishing her PhD focused on the development of intercultural competence through internationalisation-at-home initiatives in domestic students through Osaka University. Her research interests include the development of intercultural competence in higher education and the integration of global issues in the EFL classroom.
Sessions
Development of IC through Domestic Programmes
This session aims to present two case studies of top global Japanese universities and their efforts to foster interculturally competent (IC) domestic students through contact with international students on campus. It will compare results from a longitudinal survey of 164 Japanese students divided into two groups - one which engaged in extracurricular programmes with an intercultural focus and one which did not. Results will be discussed in light of interviews conducted with some of the participants.